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The NRL defers a hearing into an injury into Knights forward Alex McKinnon

Jennifer BrowningUpdated
Tue 25 Mar 2014, 9:09 PM AEDT

The NRL will defer a hearing into the incident which resulted in an injury to Knights forward Alex McKinnon out of respect to the player and his family. Scans have revealed McKinnon fractured his C4 and C5 vertebrae when he landed awkwardly in a tackle in Monday night's NRL match against the Melbourne Storm.